Found me a little nugget!

[Ned]

So I walked into a little sporting goods store here in Wyoming; went to the knife display and was looking at their selection of Spyderco products and low and behold I found this! Snatched it up...New in Box! :D

[Evil D]

This sort of thing never happens to me. The only thing I've ever found of interest was a nearly destroyed byrd in a pawn shop.

[senorsquare]

This sort of thing never happens to me. The only thing I've ever found of interest was a nearly destroyed byrd in a pawn shop.

Me too. I found an overpriced Endura at Gander Mtn. once.

[Ned]

Keep looking! They also had 3 all black Paramilitary II's 149.99, a little pricey, so I didn't bite on any of those...

[BigBill5953]

How much did the pay for that, if you dont mind me asking?

[Ned]

I paid what they had on it, 139.99...not a screaming deal but fair I think.

[BigBill5953]

IIRC, I've seen those go for around 250 on bladeforums so 140 ain't too shabby!

[Ned]

SWEET! I knew I should snag it. I really like this knife, it's probably the sharpest knife I've ever seen out of the box..

[Invective]

****, $140 for a NIB Blue Yojimbo? I never get that lucky haha all my shops out here have steep mark-ups. Good find Ned!

[JD Spydo]

Me too. I found an overpriced Endura at Gander Mtn. once.

Boy oh boy!! do I know that feeling. The other day I found an old G-2 Endura at a Pawn Shop here in KC, MO USA and they wanted a firm $80 for it used ( and not even in what I call good condition either) :eek: :rolleyes: I told the pawn broker to look up Spyderco Endura on his internet to prove to him that I could get a new VG-10 version cheaper than that if I just shop around. Then at that point it started getting really heated so I immediately walked out of the store to avoid what was certain to be a major confrontation.

Congratulations on an excellent find. There are some older Spyders out there on the shelves if you just know where to look. I spot them at Gun Shows a lot when I get time to go. A lot of flea markets get them too and many times they don't even know what they have. A friend of mine nailed one of the later model MBS-26 Catchermans last summer for $20 :cool: . I used to see a lot of Merlin models at gun shows but they are quickly disappearing.

again that was an excellent find. There are things I like about the original Yojimbo that I do like better than the YO 2 model. That would be some terrific trade bait for the forums as well.

[Evil D]

I'd pay $140 for a NIB Yojimbo. That's a good deal.

[gbelleh]

Nice find! Yeah, if that's not a screaming deal, it's pretty close.

I stumbled on a plain edge Merlin, SE Jester, and a Toad, all NIB at an old gun shop. Of course I bought all 3, and he gave me a break on the prices (which were pretty good already). That's the best gun shop find I've come across so far.

[GoodEyeSniper]

my local gun shop had one of the early Centofane spydercos with the metal handles on the shelf for probably a year or more. At this time I carried spyderco, but didn't really follow it too closely, and never liked combo edges so I ignored it. I ended up getting a cento4 and this reminded me of the gun shop centofante model, but it was gone when I went to look at it.

I remember it being very pricey, though.

[Evil D]

A lot of these places look up MSRP and expect to get that much out of them. That's what the pawn shops around here do, and I laugh at them for it. I'm so thankful that I have a knife shop 10 minutes from my house, even if he doesn't carry abut about a dozen different models at one time. That probably works to my advantage anyway or I'd be broke all the time from buying up every new model he gets in stock. I came real close to buying a Lum Chinese these other day just because it was the first time I'd handled one and I liked it a lot. I had to really summon up some self control though, I'm saving all my current knife funds for the forum knives and hopefully one of the CF Native 5's.

[Tonie Nichols]

I was thrilled when I went to the Oregon Knife Collectors show here in Eugene and found a stainless steel second gen Police plain edge model for $65.

[v8r]

$139 is cheap for a new first gen Yojimbo. You will not find one for that cheap anywhere else. I would call that a good deal/find.

[Buck Knives I Like]

So I walked into a little sporting goods store here in Wyoming; went to the knife display and was looking at their selection of Spyderco products and low and behold I found this! Snatched it up...New in Box! :D

Haha I was not expecting a knife for this thread picture.

[Ned]

Thanks for all the comments guys... I have made up my mind now to make a list of all the little gun/sporting goods shops I can find in the area and take the wife and go on a little Spyderco treasure hunt!

[DRKBC]

I am not that lucky its just not in my genes.

[JD Spydo]

A lot of these places look up MSRP and expect to get that much out of them. That's what the pawn shops around here do, and I laugh at them for it. I'm so thankful that I have a knife shop 10 minutes from my house, even if he doesn't carry abut about a dozen different models at one time. That probably works to my advantage anyway or I'd be broke all the time from buying up every new model he gets in stock. I came real close to buying a Lum Chinese these other day just because it was the first time I'd handled one and I liked it a lot. I had to really summon up some self control though, I'm saving all my current knife funds for the forum knives and hopefully one of the CF Native 5's.

I hear you loud and clean EVIL :D I got to the point to where if I went to check out any blades at any gun shows, sporting good stores or any place that sold Spyders I would not take any cash, debit or credit cards or any way to pay for a new Spyder :o I truly did get myself "knife poor" at one time and I won't do that again. I now limit myself to no more than 3 new knives a month or no more than 4 even if I score a big pay check.

It is a horrible temptation if I get a top notch Spyder or Benchmade in my hands :rolleyes: ; One that I can't afford to cave in on at this point. Unless I find a "sugar-moma" with an 8 digit bank account to back me up :D I"m still looking :D Spyderco knives are truly a quick way to the poor house if you don't apply the brakes in time :rolleyes: